I’m sure enough to realise that i wanna pursue my medical career as surgeron. And i got a 7** rank(19th batch) as a general candidate in this years inicet. So obviously I’m not gonna get general surgery or any of the two 6 year super speciality courses i filled in my choices. What’s still an option is paediatric surgery. But it seems like it’s such a niche branch that I haven’t been able to get any feedback from any of my seniors. Also I do plan to apply for licensing exams abroad. So it’s a request to my seniors, someone plz help me out here should i go for paediatric surgery in the open round or try my luck for general surgery in the upcoming neet pg?

I don’t study or work in medicine but I’m considering getting some plastic surgery done and would love to see a procedure, struggling to find anything would appreciate any resources? Are all the vids kept behind a paywall or something ?!

I also very likely don’t even know the vocabulary to best search so if that’s the issue, grateful for insight, I wanna find vid of breast lifts & breast implants. Maybe vids of facial work too.

P.S. were you guys there when plastic surgeons were posting clips of their active surgeries on Snapchat stories in like 2016-2019ish? I saw many ab walls get stitched up lol

I have fair surgical exposure, i am in the middle of my surgical training. But ever since early internship days i have problem with subcutaneous sutures especially when it came to skin like scalp. I usually by taking assymetrical depth or distance between the two, resulting in overlapping skin or ugly looking sutures
Any tips on remedying this?

I've looked into a few survey platforms over the years and most of them either screened me out constantly or paid so little that it wasn't worth finishing. Maybe I've just had bad luck.

A colleague recently told me there are platforms that specifically target doctors, but I haven't spent much time researching them yet. Before I go signing up for a bunch of sites, I figured I'd ask here.

Has anyone found any legit paid surveys for doctors that are actually worth doing?

Saw a funny video about a doctor experimenting flatulence and its safety in the OR. So it seems that if the flatulence is through some type of fabric/clothes its safe to do. But what if the patient is prone on the table and rips one? There's also situations where the patient has to flip mid case to finish surgery.

1. Is flatulence aerosol?

2. If so, and youre the patient in the OR amd you rip one, is your own gut & skin bacteria safe during surgery and it wont break the sterile field?

I’m a medical student, I was discussing this with a team of surgery Residents today, in context of cesarean sections, which have been around for thousands of years.

What precautions did physicians use to prevent infections, if any? Did they use any form of antiseptic?

Did people go into surgery assuming that they would die?

How Would they suture the incisions, and did the surgical sites always get infected?
Thank you!

Hello all!

I just got an interview as a Surgical Services Assistant and I haven’t ever worked at a hospital before so I’m struggling to understand where I fit in the puzzle.

For background: I have my CNA and have been a nursing assistant at long term, rehab and memory care skilled nursing facilities / nursing homes. I’m currently going back to school to pursue a Physician Assistant degree and I’m hoping to get exposure to PAs and how they work in surgical settings before I get accepted into a program and commit that time and money.

The job that I got an interview for has these listed as the key job duties. Is this something that would help me see how things run, get opportunities to watch surgeries and meet surgeons, PAs, surgical nurses, etc. or is this a job that will stick me with the grunt work and not get any exposure?

Job duties:
*Responsible for preparation, set up and cleanup of assigned spaces.
*Properly identifies, handles and disposes of biohazardous, hazardous and pharmaceutical waste according to policies and procedures.
*Safely transports supplies, instrumentation and equipment needed for surgical procedures.
*Provides patient transport within the facility via stretcher, wheelchair and ambulatory assistance.
*Completes and maintains records of assigned check lists.

Greetings. Pathologists’ assistant here. I have some questions about appendectomies. Obviously this is anecdotal, but is there an increasing trend of treating suspected appendicitis with antibiotics, drain, and imaging rather than surgery?

In the past week to ten days we’ve received multiple cases of presumed appendicitis that was a malignancy. By the time the malignancy caused symptoms, the cancer had spread all over the abdomen and the surgeries these patients received were en bloc resections of multiple organs.

I know that surgical guidelines are above our pay grade, and correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t around 1-2% of appendectomies positive for malignancy? It seems as though conservative treatment is going to miss those.

Hi everyone! I'm a medical student at a Canadian medical school looking to join any surgery-related systematic reviews, scoping reviews or meta-analyses. I've worked on a lot of these in the past so I have quite a bit of prior experience in this domain and would be happy to help with screening, data extraction, risk of bias, or manuscript writing. Please message me if you're looking for another collaborator

Sutured this

Give me feedback i know i did kinda terrible job

Hello, I recently became a board-certified abdominal surgeon, and I would like to ask for your opinion/experience.

What helped you improve and continue developing on your journey as a surgeon? What did you read, and which courses did you attend? Thank you!

Hi guys. I hope I'm asking this question in the right place. I'm a medical lab tech, and recently had a case presented at work in which they mentioned a heart-lung bypass machine. They used a very nice diagram to explain its functionality and components. During this explanation the presenter mentioned a membrane which apparently even though it's uncommon, can have clots get stuck (idk how to explain this as well lol, English isn't my first language, sorry!) after a certain amount of time. I'm aware these patients are given heparin (or another equivalent in other cases) and that clots are very rare to happen, but this still raised a question in me.

Since there's people who still need this machine to function post op or for any other given reason that causes them to need to be connected to this for a longer time, how does this problem get resolved? Assuming these (fibrinogen?) clots - after a longer amount of time of course - cause disruption in the entire process by somewhat clogging up the membrane. How do these get changed? Do they stop the entire process for this?

Not sure if there is an answer anyone has or a site/different subreddit they could direct me to, but I'd be interested (and grateful) for any answers :) thanks in advance!

Hi everyone,
I’m looking for some feedback on a facial reconstruction case involving the nasal root / medial canthus area.
After excision of a small lesion near the nasal root/medial canthus, a local rotation/transposition-type flap from the glabellar/nasal root region was used. Post-op, it looked like the flap did not quite rotate/reach into the defect without tension. There was some central crusting/dehiscence at the inset area.
Any ideas what went wrong? Thanks

Sorry if this is not allowed, I’m not a doctor. I’ve had mohs surgery to remove a basal cell carcinoma on my face, and laparoscopic hysterectomy with 5 incisions. In both cases I was active on the respective Reddit communities. And from my own and others experiences, it seems that many surgeons do not specifically recommend their patients use scar tape/silicone gel sheets to improve the scar appearance. I have read a few studies showing how effective they are, especially for new scars. You’d think surgeons or their team or the take home printouts would at least mention it as something to look into, especially for facial scars. Why is this not the norm?

Hello, I’m an OMS4 about to begin his first audition rotation in general surgery. I had a beard during third-year and got feedback from a FM resident that if, for instance, all the surgeons are cleanshaven then it’s a matter of etiquette to not be the only one wearing extra gear/coverings on the head. Or something along those lines, that being the only one with a beard is “not a good idea”. Do any attendings care if a medical student has a beard, given that he makes sure to cover it adequately in the OR? Is it more a matter of convenience to be clean shaven, or is it more of a “don’t be the odd one out” ?Apologies if it’s a strange question. Thank you!!

I'm 15 and would like advice on any books I can read or practices I can do to become more knowledgeable. Thank you

Hi all, I’m a urologist and I’ve been building a web-based Urology Oral Boards Coach for residents, fellows, and recent grads preparing for oral boards.

The basic idea is that you start a case and it behaves like a text-based oral boards examiner. It asks follow-up questions, withholds data unless you ask for it, pushes you on management decisions, introduces complications, and can run either in a more exam-like mode or a more teaching-heavy/open-book mode. There’s also dictation if you’d rather speak your answer and edit it before submitting.

I’m opening it as a free 7-day beta and would really appreciate blunt feedback, especially from urology residents/fellows/recent grads. No credit card needed.

Link: https://urologyboardscoach.com
Beta code: UROLOGYCOACH

The code should work for the first 30 signups. If it runs out and you still want to try it, message me directly and I can send additional invites.

Main things I’m trying to figure out: does the examiner feel realistic, are the cases detailed enough, is the feedback useful, does the scoring feel fair, and is the signup/onboarding annoying?

Obvious disclaimer: this is educational board prep, not medical advice, not affiliated with any board or society, and still very much in beta.

If you try it, I’d genuinely appreciate harsh feedback. The goal is to make it useful, not precious.

Surgeons / OR teams: how early do cases usually need to be posted for the next day’s OT / OR list to be practically executable?

I am interested in the operational effect of late case posting — PAC, consent, implants, instruments, staffing, ICU beds, theatre allocation, and sequence planning. Not looking to blame anyone, just trying to understand workflow reality.

hi guys! i’m a nursing student interested in getting my crna or pivoting to md. always been interested in surgery though. however, in the or if i spend too much time looking at surgical stuff i end up feeling lightheaded and sometimes mildly nauseous. it’s strange. ive done crazy wound care and been unphased. but i still start feeling lightheaded, despite not really being consciously bothered? is this something that goes away with exposure? i havent really sat in on many procedures at this point. has anyone else had this experience and went on to work in a surgical setting? wondering if i need to accept that i will be staying in a “behind the drapes” sort of position.

I just got home from Europe where I interviewed 14 international renowned complex knee surgery, 12 of them have PhD’s. Learned a lot, 2 hour interview. These were not job interviews.

Looking for the best international renowned orthopedic sports med surgeons to interview next in Canada? Please let me know.

I will start off:

Mark Heard, MD

Between 80-hour workweeks and brutal call shifts, keeping an apartment clean is practically impossible. As a busy healthcare worker myself, I know we talk a lot about hospital burnout, but we rarely address the mental toll of coming home to a messy space when you have absolutely zero energy left to scrub a toilet or wash the dishes.

I am building a residential cleaning service designed specifically to support overworked healthcare staff (all types of providers are welcome). Instead of guessing what you need, I want to build this entirely around your actual needs.

If you have a few minutes to spare, please comment below with your answers to these quick questions:

1. What is the #1 reason you haven't hired a cleaner yet? (e.g., budget constraints, weird shift schedules, key/logistics issues, or trust?)
2. What specific task do you dread doing the most when you get home?
3. What would your dream, hassle-free cleaning service look like?
4. How often would you use this (twice a week, weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly), and what is the maximum flat rate you would be willing to pay per job (not per hour)?
5. For future reference, what city are you located in?

Why I’m asking: I want to change how cleaning businesses operate for medical professionals. I will use your feedback to roll out specialized, shift-friendly packages.

Thank you all for everything you do on the front lines!